32 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP. 



practical potter, but had been a tradesman at Newcastle- 

 under-Lyrne, supplied the capital, while Wedgwood 

 supplied the brains. The principal wares he made were 

 mottled earthenware, knife-handles in imitation of agate 

 and various kinds of tortoise-shell and marble. These 

 were mostly sold to hardware-makers at Sheffield and 

 Birmingham. 



The arrangement did not last very long, for after 

 two years, Harrison, who wished to appropriate to 

 himself the larger share of the profits, went out of 

 the firm, and Thomas Whieldon came in. The manu- 

 factory had been carried on at the top of Stoke, in 

 what had been Mr. Alferson's pottery. After the 

 separation of Wedgwood and Harrison, the latter failed. 

 His cupidity had not served him. Mr. Josiah Spode 

 bought his works at Stoke, pulled them down, and 

 erected cottages in their stead. 



Mr. Whieldon, with whom Wedgwood now entered 

 into partnership, was one of the most eminent potters 

 of his day. It was of great advantage to Wedgwood 

 to be connected with a man of so excellent a character 

 and of such superior business habits. Whieldon's 

 works were situated at Fenton Hall, near Stoke. The 

 partnership began in 1754, and was to last for five 

 years. Wedgwood was bound to introduce the secrets 

 of the trade, and to practise them for the benefit of the 

 firm. 



One of his principal productions was a new Green 

 earthenware, having the smoothness and appearance of 



